Body size-trophic position relationship in marine fish depends on biological and spatial scales
-Food web structure can be partly characterized by species' trophic level
- In marine fish, trophic level appears positively correlated to individual body size at the community scale (Jennings et al 2001)
-Trophic level may change across sizes but also taxa, seasons, and habitats
-Very few studies have addressed how size-dependence of trophic position varies in space, i.e. according to habitat, and whether observed community-scale patterns hold at the level of species or guilds.
Kopp Dorothee, Lefebvre Sebastien, Villanueva Ching-Maria, Ernande Bruno (2012). Body size-trophic position relationship in marine fish depends on biological and spatial scales. WFC 2012 - 6th World Fisheries Congress, 7-11 May 2012, Edinburgh, Scotland.